Here are the the November 2012 DSLR Semi-Finalists in the Cloudy Nights Imaging/Sketching Contest.

Nils_Lars

19 10min subs with no filter at ISO 800 stacked in DSS then adjusted in PS CS2. Canon 500D(modded) , Orion Atlas mount and the lens was the Super-Takumar 135mm F3.5 @ f/5.6 and a 7x40mm finder as a guide scope

This image is from a stack of 107 x 3 minutes (5 1/3 hours) at ISO 400 using focus stacking to provide a flat focal plane across the FOV. Imaging train was a Celestron C-8 (orange tube) with a Celestron focal reducer at f/5.8 (1160mm), and a Gary Honis modified Canon 450D. Guiding was with an ONAG on-axis guider, Lodestar autoguider, and Phd guiding.

Thanks for looking!

Please vote for your favorite image to send to the finals. Voting will conclude on December 8th at Midnight ET.